provincialism

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22
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28
Letters
13

Definition of provincialism

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The quality of being provincial; having provincial tastes, mentality, manners.
    “The blacksmith's provincialism showed in his speech and manner”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The quality of being provincial; having provincial tastes, mentality, manners.
    “The blacksmith's provincialism showed in his speech and manner”
  2. (countable, uncountable)A word or locution characteristic of a region or district.
    “Prose is allowed less liberty in this respect; but no one nowadays would maintain that the adoption of a provincialism into the literary dialect is absolutely prohibited.”
  3. (countable, uncountable)Synonym of regionalism: belief in the superiority of one's regional government; the belief that most or nearly all political power should be decentralized to provincial governments.

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Etymology

From French provincialisme, equivalent to provincial + -ism.

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